Gordon implied he was invited to the event and that Bowyer and Harvick crashed the party.

So is that the way it happened?

“In order to get past the security guards, you have to be invited to get on the boat,” Harvick said Monday night. “I believe our friend (the noted chef) Guy Fieri might have had something to do with that. So we tagged along."

And then what happened? Gordon said during test at Daytona this month that he and Bowyer talked but wouldn’t provide specifics about the conversation. Bowyer never even acknowledged that they talked.

A melee ensued among the crews, and Bowyer attempted to run into Gordon’s hauler but was stopped by NASCAR officials.

So did Harvick see them calling a truce on New Years Eve? Apparently not.

“I would probably have the million dollar picture that everybody wants, but I don't necessarily think you would call that making up,” Harvick said. “I wouldn't call that making up because the conversation I saw was OK but I wouldn't call it making up.”

Harvick’s memory of the party?

“We all had a good time, I know that for sure,” Harvick said. “That was probably the best New Year’s I have ever had.”

Bowyer, as he has tried to do since the incident, has tried to downplay the feud between he and Gordon.

“You guys made it a bigger deal than I ever, ever did or thought it was,” Bowyer said Tuesday. “I have fun. I enjoy the sport. I enjoy the characters and the drivers in the sport.”